| The Dirt of Luck | |
| Type: | Studio album |
| Artist: | Helium |
| Cover: | Heliumdirtofluck.jpg |
| Released: | April 1995 |
| Recorded: | 1994 |
| Genre: | Indie rock |
| Length: | 44:17 |
| Label: | Matador[1] |
| Producer: | Helium Adam Lasus[2] |
| Prev Title: | Pirate Prude |
| Prev Year: | 1994 |
| Next Title: | Superball E.P. |
| Next Year: | 1995 |
The Dirt of Luck is the first full-length album from American indie rock band Helium.[3] It was released in April 1995 on Matador Records and was produced by Adam Lasus.
The album was partly recorded by Timony and Devlin, before bassist Ash Bowie joined the group.[4]
Trouser Press wrote: "Best of all is the opener, 'Pat’s Trick,' a distorted, percussive exercise in sexual obsession made riveting by Timony’s fluttering-yet- powerful delivery."[5] Salon wrote that "the arcing melodies on notable Dirt of Luck songs such as 'Pat's Trick' and 'Honeycomb' contort like a kite twisting in the sky, as Timony's dusky voice and noisy guitar hum add a steadying presence."[6] Rolling Stone called the album an "off-kilter pop opus."[7] Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996 called it "a beacon of progressive noise-pop."[8]